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2018 Map of Wellington

Name: 2018 Topographic Map of Wellington
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2018
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2018

About this map

Wellington serves as the focal point of this Sumner County landscape, where the urban grid meets the agricultural reaches of south-central Kansas. The town's layout is defined by a dense network of streets and neighborhoods, bordered to the east and south by Hargis Creek and Slate Creek. Several local landmarks mark the edges of the community, including the Wellington Municipal Airport to the north and a series of burial grounds such as Sumner Memorial Gardens and Prairie Lawn Cemetery.

Beyond the city limits, the terrain transitions into a broad expanse of section-line roads and creek drainages. Small outposts like Roland and the Fairview Cemetery to the north provide points of interest for those tracing rural development or family history. The drainage patterns of Spring Creek and Oak Creek illustrate how the natural hydrology of the plains influenced the positioning of farmsteads and rural infrastructure in this region.